The ramblings of a middle-aged man

Tag: stout

As I mentioned in my last beer review, I’m spending a week in Florida so get ready for a whole lot of southern Florida beer reviews! I’ve been jacked about this beer since I saw it come across my Instagram feed, and my awesome wife grabbed a couple 4-packs for me. She is the best. […]

I’m down in Florida for the week and my awesome wife and I are making some brewery rounds today. We ended up at Arkane Aleworks in Largo, FL. These guys have their sour game on. But I’m drinking a sweet stout because that’s how I roll! This brewery is literally in a strip mall next […]

If you’ve been following along on this blog of beer ramblings, you’ll have realized by now I’m a HUGE fan of sweet stouts. You probably also know that I’m living in two different states, which blows. Currently I’m sitting in my apartment in Tampa with my beautiful wife, and we just cracked this bad boy […]

Mother’s Brewing, from Springfield, Missouri, opened their doors in 2011. They’ve only been on my radar for a couple years now because they’re quite a ways west of St. Louis, and they’ve only recently started to distribute this way toward Illinois. According to Untappd, I’ve only had a handful of beers from this brewery, and […]

I love my wife. As I sit here in cold, rainy southern Illinois and contemplate another night of being 1,000 miles away from her, I’ve decided to pop this beer. She, of course, is already living in Tampa, FL and I’m still here in the pit that is Illinois smack dab in the middle of […]

The Effing Brew Company is the closest thing to a local brewery in my current neck of the woods of southern Illinois. I’ve had a few of their beers before, and as I’m hanging out today in Effingham to get some more things for my house renovation at Menards, I thought I’d stop in and […]

So after trying Derivation Blend #10 at Side Project, I decided to hit up another of my favorite St. Louis breweries, Perennial Artisan Ales. Luckily, they had Barrel Aged 17 for on-site consumption so I couldn’t resist. Let’s get it on! Perennial makes a mint chocolate stout named 17. I had one bottle left but […]